व्यवहारमयूख (नीलकण्ठ भट्ट - पश्चिमी भारत की हिन्दू न्याय-संहिता एवं व्यवहार कोष)

130 VYAVAHĀRAMAYŪKHA [ S. IV 5. 33-34.
[ M. p. 62 l. 35-p. 63 l. 22
As regards what Vṛddha¹-Gautama says —
Those sons, viz. the dattaka the son purchased and the like that were
made so with the adopter's gotra become members of the gotra (of the
adopter) by the rites (of adoption) but sapiṇḍa relationship (between the
adopter and the adopted) is not prescribed (as arising from the rites)
and as to what Bṛhan—Manu says —
Sons given purchased and the like have sapiṇḍa relationship with
their natural father to the fifth and seventh² degrees but they take the
gotra of their adoptive father
as regards also what Nārada says —
Sons (secondary) are brought up in the respective gotras (of the
adoptive fathers) just like (legitimate) sons for religious purposes
they are intended to participate in the share (of property) and in the
funeral cake only³
all these texts are without any authority⁴ (i e they are spurious or apo-
cryphal) Even if they be authoritative, they serve the purpose of propound-
ing that the dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa has no sapiṇḍa relationship for seven gene-
rations in the family of the adoptive father since as regards the simple adop-
ted son (kevala-dattaka) sapiṇḍa relationship for seven generations in the
adoptive father's family has been declared by the text of Gautama (Dh
S 4 3) cited above and since by the text of Manu (9 142) the cessation
of sapiṇḍa relationship in the natural father's family has been declared
As regards the dictum of a respectable author in the Sāpiṇḍyanirṇaya
a boy (given in adoption